Good Bad Mother – ARC Book Review

When we move to the exclusive Cutters Island, my life changes overnight. Dressed like the perfect wife, pushing my baby down the street in her pink stroller, I look up and smile at the security cameras. Because I know they are watching. And for now, I need to play my part.

I wake up in my beautiful bedroom and instinctively feel for my husband. But the silk sheets are cold—he hasn’t come home. Reaching for the baby monitor on my nightstand, I scan the screen for the familiar shape of my sleeping daughter. But she’s not there.

Moving through the house in the darkness, I tell myself the footage is just grainy. I pass the large window over the stairs, and see a light on in my mother-in-law’s house across the street, as if she is watching. The thought sends a chill down my spine and I start to run. And as I open my daughter’s bedroom door, my worst fear comes my baby is gone.

As I collapse onto the carpet, I smell smoke. And when I turn to see flames licking at the banister, I know this is my fault. I am paying for what happened that night all those years ago…

Because I am not a perfect wife.I am not a good mother.But I am the perfect liar.

No one knows what I have been through to get this life. And they shouldn’t underestimate how far I’ll go to get my baby back…

Amelia is a new mother, having given birth to a daughter Clover. She seemed to be happily married to Timothy Sterling although Amelia knows that her mother-in-law didn’t really seem to like her. When a family photo goes into the newspaper, Amelia is worried that her troubled past that she managed to bury might come back tormenting her. And then she starts receiving threatening messages.

This was a fast paced thriller and a page turner. As a reader, you wonder what Amelia has really done to be afraid that her past with catch up with her. We also have some snippets of past, which will explain about Amelia’s past. The story was engaging, and intriguing and will definitely put the reader on the edge. There were some twists and turns and the ending was a complete unexpected ending.

Overall, this was an enjoyable thriller and I am looking forward to read more books from this author. Worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.